EASTCONN Tech Council Meeting on 9/30/10 from 3:30-5:30 PM
Agenda
Burning Questions
Tech updates from CSDE
Set focus for future meetings
Creating Video Tutorials
State Department News
Karen Kaplan is no longer at the state department and it will be 6-8 months before a tech advocate is hired.
Technology Grant Funding
Grant money will be distributed to the RESCs and workshops will be provided this year. There will be a small fee for food and CEUs. The funds have been cut and there will not probably be funding specifically targeting technology.
PDF to Flash FREE Reale Writer Lets children (and adults) of all ages create cool, educational picture books called RealeBooks (“Really Books”)
News from ISTE
The keynote from World Bank was terrible.
iPads were very popular.
Vendor Floor is amazing and overwhelming. It's the best place to see demos and get questions answered.
Next year ISTE is in Philadelphia.
Great "nooks and crannies" with small breakout groups.
CECA Conference
CECA offers 3 teacher awards each year. CECA is Oct. 18 at Connecticut Convention Center Hartford, CT.
Edmodo Edmodo is a free, secure social network designed specifically for the classroom.
Day of Discovery
Saturday, October 16, 2010 is the Day of Discovery. It's free and lunch is included. CECAPreConDODInvite.pdf
Creating Video Tutorials
The group will use Jing, Community Clips, Cam Studio, Camtasia Studio or other screen capture software to create short video tutorials about different features on Wikispaces.
Cam Studio - To download free streaming video software created by Camtasia Studio for the PC, go to: http://camstudio.org/
Camtasia Studio - For information about Camtasia Studio for the PC and Camtasia for the Mac, a sophisticated screen capture to movie software, go to:http://www.techsmith.com/
Online Screen Recorder for Capturing Video Recordings
Screencast-O-Matic is the original online screen recorder for creating screen capture video recordings (aka screencasts) with free hosting all from your browser with no install!http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
Example: Capture an Xtranormal movie since they now charge.
EASTCONN Tech Council Meeting on 9/30/10 from 3:30-5:30 PM
Agenda
State Department News
Karen Kaplan is no longer at the state department and it will be 6-8 months before a tech advocate is hired.
Technology Grant Funding
Grant money will be distributed to the RESCs and workshops will be provided this year. There will be a small fee for food and CEUs. The funds have been cut and there will not probably be funding specifically targeting technology.
PDF to Flash FREE
Reale Writer Lets children (and adults) of all ages create cool, educational picture books called RealeBooks (“Really Books”)
News from ISTE
CECA Conference
CECA offers 3 teacher awards each year. CECA is Oct. 18 at Connecticut Convention Center Hartford, CT.
Edmodo
Edmodo is a free, secure social network designed specifically for the classroom.
Day of Discovery
Saturday, October 16, 2010 is the Day of Discovery. It's free and lunch is included. CECAPreConDODInvite.pdf
Creating Video Tutorials
The group will use Jing, Community Clips, Cam Studio, Camtasia Studio or other screen capture software to create short video tutorials about different features on Wikispaces.
Tech Talk from Mansfield: http://mansfieldct.org/schools/vinton/techvideos/
Vinton's Tech How To Wiki: http://mpshow2tech.mansfieldct.wikispaces.net/
Online Screen Recorder for Capturing Video Recordings
Screencast-O-Matic is the original online screen recorder for creating screen capture video recordings (aka screencasts) with free hosting all from your browser with no install! http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
Example: Capture an Xtranormal movie since they now charge.
Video File Converters
MPEG StreamClip Free for Mac and PC, http://www.squared5.com/
Any-Video-Converter for PC, http://www.any-video-converter.com/
Areas of Focus on Nov. 14, 2010
Assessment